(ANSA) - ROME, 12 NOV - There are too many formats for talks on Ukraine and it makes no difference if Italy is involved or not as a negotiator, Premier Giorgia Meloni said Thursday. "As Italy, we have always been present in every format where our participation has been requested," Meloni said on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in Dublin, in response to a question regarding the EU envoy for negotiations concerning Ukraine. "We have done so—and continue to do so—with the clear intention of making a positive contribution. "However, the fact that Italy may or may not be part of any given format does not change the assessment that there are simply too many formats addressing this issue." Last month The Daily Telegraph reported that Meloni was on a shortlist of five figures being considered for the role of the EU's negotiator with Putin's Russia in talks to end the war in Ukraine. The other figures on the shortlist are Stubb, Store, Czech President Petr Pavel and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, the British newspaper said. Germany and France are reportedly against Meloni's candidacy. Meloni said in Dublin that she had no objection to European Council President Antonio Costa as negotiator, but the issue of non-EU European countries remains. Regarding the prospect of Costa serving as an EU negotiator for Ukraine, "I would have no objection. There remains, of course, the question of how to represent European countries that are not part of the EU—Great Britain and Norway, for example. But I believe a solution can be found for this as well." (ANSA).